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Having conquered one Armenian community, Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev is now threatening another.
A damaged icon painting is pictured on October 13, 2020 inside the Ghazanchetsots (Holy Saviour) Cathedral in the historic city of Shusha, some 15 kilometers from the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh province's capital Stepanakert, that was hit by a bomb during the fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway region.
Armenia may be the next European country to suffer military incursion and brutal conquest. If so, the Biden administration’s choice of Azerbaijan to lead one of the administration’s top foreign policy priorities, a high-level global climate conference, can share the blame.
President Biden is emboldening Azerbaijan as its authoritarian government solidifies control over the Armenian Christian enclave of Nagorno Karabakh, which it seized only months ago in an unprovoked military invasion, and as it now threatens the Republic of Armenia. The State Department has given unconditional U.S. endorsement for Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev to lead COP29, the name of the climate negotiations next November. On Feb. 17, in Berlin, with Aliyev, by his side, Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared it is “important” that “Azerbaijan tak[e] on the leadership of COP,” and pledged America’s “strong support.” He made no mention of Aliyev having spent most of last year violating the rules-based international order and human rights norms without consequence. Mr. Blinken did not even manage to get Aliyev to sign a peace agreementwith Armenia.
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Having conquered one Armenian community, Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev is now threatening another.
Armenia may be the next European country to suffer military incursion and brutal conquest. If so, the Biden administration’s choice of Azerbaijan to lead one of the administration’s top foreign policy priorities, a high-level global climate conference, can share the blame.
President Biden is emboldening Azerbaijan as its authoritarian government solidifies control over the Armenian Christian enclave of Nagorno Karabakh, which it seized only months ago in an unprovoked military invasion, and as it now threatens the Republic of Armenia. The State Department has given unconditional U.S. endorsement for Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev to lead COP29, the name of the climate negotiations next November. On Feb. 17, in Berlin, with Aliyev, by his side, Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared it is “important” that “Azerbaijan tak[e] on the leadership of COP,” and pledged America’s “strong support.” He made no mention of Aliyev having spent most of last year violating the rules-based international order and human rights norms without consequence. Mr. Blinken did not even manage to get Aliyev to sign a peace agreementwith Armenia.
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Biden Rewards Azerbaijan's Aggression with Climate Leadership Role
COMMENTARY: Having conquered one Armenian community, Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev is now threatening another.
